GUILTY OH - Annabelle Richardson, newborn, found in grave , 7 May 2017 *GUILTY OF ABUSE OF CORPSE ONLY* *resentencing 2022* #4

[oviedo]

For impact statements the only thing I can think of would be hypothetically if, say, Tre Johnson wanted to talk about the impact of the abuse of corpse crime on him.

A judge isn't going to allow impact statements that stem from charges a jury acquitted the defendant on. So no one will be allowed on go up there and assign blame to defendant for the death. That would be like a mockery of the jury verdict.

I have tried to follow the trial and am curious about something which I haven't seen discussed or mentioned - did they do a paternity test on the deceased to confirm the father? Thanks

 

[Peppery]

She appears to have broken down after hearing the third ‘Not Guilty’ verdict and comments from reporters present in the courtroom said her sobs were loud. However, I didn’t see any actual tears. The only time I saw her actually cry tears was when her brother was on the stand.

JMO

I thought her sobs were extremely loud and even wondered if she was mic’d up.

 

[Mariposa]

I have tried to follow the trial and am curious about something which I haven't seen discussed or mentioned - did they do a paternity test on the deceased to confirm the father? Thanks

Yes I think Day 1 of testimony it was confirmed by DNA testibg that Trey Johnson was the father.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Law & crime web page has the seal up in preparation of the sentencing hearing. Court TV still does not.

ETA the microphones are intermittently coming on so we can hear what's going on in the courtroom.

ETA, Court TV is now up with their Talking Heads

 

[dixiegirl1035]

A big shout-out thanks to OSU, and others for doing all the tweets yesterday and prior! Invaluable.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Defense is doing an impromptu presser on court TV livestream ( I think it's a repeat from yesterday?)

 

[kim.kitchenstupman]

Shout out to the prosecutors that tried to get justice for Baby Richardson. They did a great job and is is disheartening the jury came back with a Not Guilty. IMO
Now, Skylar can strut down the halls and look great with her body!

 

[oviedo]

Yes I think Day 1 of testimony it was confirmed by DNA testibg that Trey Johnson was the father.

Thank you - I missed that somehow.

 

[osu]

A big shout-out thanks to OSU, and others for doing all the tweets yesterday and prior! Invaluable.

You’re welcome!
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to help with the tweets from this mornings sentencing hearing. I have DS and his friends home visiting from out of state today.

 

[Hope4More]

IMO
The major things that came out of this case are the not guilty verdicts. That the jury could see through the false confessions is a sign the public is waking up to the tactics used by some detectives to get what they want.

Putting everything else aside about what led to the 2nd interrogation, the legitimacy of the interrogation methods used on Skylar, and giving LE and the State every benefit of the doubt.....

At the time of interrogation, LE believed the bones were charred. From that and from what Skylar had told them in interview #1, including that she didn't want the baby, hadn't told anyone she was pregnant, and had birthed in secret, made it reasonable for LE to believe it was more likely than not to have killed her baby. Fair enough.

Believing that, of course they weren't going to automatically accept her denials that she burned her baby. Again, fair enough.

Let's even posit it wasn't problematic for LE to hold her hands and tell her they knew she burned her baby because she loved her.

The point at which any confession Skylar made from then on lost all legitimacy was when LE accepted Skylar's account of setting her baby on fire with a lighter. No matter what she said or did not say about how high those imaginary flames leapt up.

It was an absurd and impossible scenario. That LE accepted it then, and that the State insisted upon it as truth at trial, made everything Skylar "confessed" to afterwards highly questionable at best.

I'm still convinced the State lost at least some jurors the day that interrogation was played at trial.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Her lawyers have just taken her dad out of the courtroom.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

She is entering the courtroom apparently with leg Shackles On and her hands are Shackled also

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Her hair does not have curls in it today like it did the other days.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

Father and her lawyers have just re-entered the courtroom

 

[dixiegirl1035]

All Rise, we have begun

 

[oviedo]

Father and her lawyers have just re-entered the courtroom

thank you in advance for the updates - I can't watch.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

" This is a mandatory Community Control case right what that means Miss Richardson is because this is a felony of the fifth degree and you have no prior criminal record and you don't fit the other statutory criteria the most item required by law to place you on community control that's what we used to call in the old days probation that means that the maximum that I can send you to today even though the maximum for this offence is 12 months in prison the maximum that I could sentence today is to six months of local incarceration that means in the county jail"

 

[dixiegirl1035]

"we have seven days of jail time credit I think one thing at some point to point out before we get started with the trial or with the sentencing hearing in this case is that in the entire time that this case was pending back when it started I set a bond and that you've been sleeping at home while this trial has been going on and you've been out and about I know that there was some angst about that but the reason I do set a reasonable bail on a case because you're presumed to be innocent that means that...

 

[Weki]

I'm not really sure why people are bashing the DA. He obviously believed she intentionally harmed the baby and that's why he brought this case. I think he did his job. Ultimately, he somewhat conceded that there wasn't enough to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. But that's up to a jury to decide. I thought the prosecutors handled themselves really well throughout the trial. I see no underhanded tactics. Some incompetent expert told them the body was burned, and they believed it. It's not like they made it up! After that was found out to be inaccurate, they immediately gave it to defense like they're supposed to. I think they had every right to be upset with the incompetent expert who tried to weasel out of accountability for making a false conclusion. The burning of the body is not relevant to the intentional homicide. They never argued that she was burned alive. So there's no reason why they would withdraw the charges based on the inaccurate conclusion with respect to the burning of the body.

When they confronted her with what they believed to be a fact during the interrogation she said she tried to burn her. Then to her father she said she cremated her. Those are her words. It's not out of the realm of possibility that she would do it. Why should the state drop it? After she confessed to it? I think if you want to give her the benefit of the doubt and say she was influenced and suggestible that's a different matter. But the state is not obligated to ignore what they believe to be evidence of a crime. The interrogation is a matter of interpretation and for a jury to decide.

 

[dixiegirl1035]

"... and you have the right to a reasonable bail yesterday after you were convicted of the felony even being a low-level felony that it was your no longer presumed to be innocent and while it's fair that you would be out in the community while we figure out what's going on with the trial and you no longer have that presumption of innocence it's fair that you be in jail until we figure that out, which is why we are here today. I think one other point that bears mentioning at this point is not sure it's really relevant to what we have going today but .. this has been an extraordinary really high-profile case and lots of people in the community are talking about this case wetherr be in their workplace, posting about it on the internet, it seems like everybody has an opinion on the case. I think about everybody in Warren County has the court TV app on their phone now which means that everybody knows about this case"